Pirate Cannonball Chaos - Mythbusters - S04 EP23 - Science Documentary

Join us in this MythBusters adventure as we test pirate myths! Witness cannonball chaos, a daring escape from a sand necktie, and the epic showdown of silverware vs. a pirate peg leg. Which myths will be busted, and which will hold up to scrutiny? Find out in this action-packed episode!
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Join the MythBusters in their thrilling quest to debunk myths, challenge urban legends, and test movie scenes in this action-packed TV series! With hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman leading the charge, buckle up for a wild ride as they employ rigorous scientific methods, high-octane experiments, and jaw-dropping explosions to uncover the truth. From epic car stunts to mind-blowing special effects, witness the power of scientific inquiry as myths are either confirmed or shattered. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled adventure filled with excitement, humor, and the ultimate quest for knowledge. Tune in now and unlock the secrets behind the myths!
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[@Oroberus]

Well, there's a slight misinformation going on there: Chain is NOT an improvised ammunition for a ship cannon but indeed one of the 3 standard types of ammo used back during the age of sail. - Ball was used as generall all purpose ammo and mainly ment to damage the hull and cause structural damage to the ship itself - Grapeshot was used as a deck clearing ammo and mainly ment to cause damage to the crew on deck, clearing the deck before entering or sometimes even used to try to shoot through enemy cannon gates and hit crew below deck - Chainshot was used as a means of immobilizing the enemy ship by being specifically being aimed at the sails and masts to rip or even break and topple them so the enemy would lose their ability to maneuver and flee

[@videosammy]

Being on any ship during a naval battle must of been a fucking nightmare. Smoke, ash, and powder in the air, red hotl metals whizzing about you, deaf and unable to hear from the blasts, and if you get hit your basically bleeding out while in the middle of a battle with more chances of ANOTHER piece of metal to wound you or end you. Not a very epic or glorious notion at all...

[@seidmadr2024]

Yeah, and improvised shot like this is called Langrage, so, yeah, it was common enough to have a name

[@Veetrill_US]

3:04 When Adam imitates the 'pirate voice', he actually sounds like Big Smoke 😁

[@pahom2]

I am surprised the soft and vulnerable youtube didn't ban this

[@chrisneppiras9408]

and probably the pirates hung about to stop you escaping

[@fisurita2791]

39:12 hits hard in the feelings

[@TheBenNZ]

❤

[@derjandereskann]

indeed... i miss him too

[@vagav]

I was about commenting the same, damn it hurts

[@Godless_Guru]

39:12 if only he knew how much we WOULD miss him 😢😢❤✌️🖖

why are you saying this?

[@IceW0lf198]

Because Grant is dead now

[@Kraakesolv]

Ye Olde... is pronounced "the old". The y replaced the letter þ (thorn) when we got printing with movable letters, so the "y" here is a th-sound. As for olde, the e is silent.

[@PanLukash]

I admire Jamie for putting up with Adam talking like a pirate. I had had enough the second time he did it.

[@marko100skive]

well, they are not friends anymore..so he might had enough

[@Kevin_Oskar]

​@@marko100skiveThey were never friends, they never even got along. They just had enough respect for eachother to work well together.

[@emptyforrest]

@@Kevin_Oskar "never getting along" dont know about that, aint no way they worked together for that long if they didnt get along at some level. they dont have to be friends to get along. worked with many people that i got along with really well, but they never became friends.

[@Kevin_Oskar]

@@emptyforrest Just well enough to work together as a team, but never at a personal level. And they still ended up working seperately sometimes on Mythbusters if they couldn't agree on how to do something. Adam especially have talked about this on his KZbin channel.

[@robbierootbeer8056]

@@Kevin_Oskar the point being they never really *disliked* eachother nor, were they friends. They got along as co-workers and that's about it.

[@tfrowlett8752]

Chain shot was a real thing on pirate ships. It was normally used to take out the rigging or masts of another ship, but could also be used on people if that’s all you had. Some variants used metal rods with weights on each end, sort of like a dumbbell, those were also very effective.

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

oh yeah the macho gacho round, made for shotguns 2 balls with a chain... your right cept much more affective with the balls on the ends,,, I dont think they were full size balls either.... dunno...

[@RonPiggott]

"A bottle of red, A bottle of white ... whatever kind of mood you're in tonight" Adam should be working for Hallmark!

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

Was it a Billy Joel lyric?

[@frankowalker4662]

@@Shakes-Off-Fear Yes, It's from 'Scenes From An Italian Restaurant' - 'The Stranger' album

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

21:24 Rare instance of Grant doing the ‘David Attenborough’ gag that Adam does so often to Jamie.

[@zsoltbartus169]

The difference is the wild Bellecchi plays into the role. 😅

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

@@zsoltbartus169 and I love the little pig squeal the editors added in. Makes me laugh every time.

[@erikjrn4080]

Getting people to cooperate when you're giving them the sand necktie is probably a bit harder than the Mythbusters make it seem, so I suspect it will have involved first tying the hands and legs.

[@timbert4672]

I suspect it could also have involved lots of rum and possibly whatever sedatives they had available to them, a little difficult to fight being buried like that when you’re unconscious. I’m also betting they would have tied the persons ankles together and bound their hands behind their back as well to prevent them from struggling free.

[@shannonkohl68]

OK, probably true that you can't dig your way out of wet sand. But can you dig someone *in* to wet sand? I suspect that would be just as hard.

[@jujitosis6687]

I imagine that you'd get them unconscious and take them to the shore where there already a hole digged. They only need to throw you and when you wake up the tide is already near you. If you live near the shore you know the tide times 👀

[@JumpingTomato]

These episodes, with Tory,. Grant and Kari, were the best!

[@MicroMidas]

Adams pirate-voice, (and all the others) are _so_ hard to watch. 😬

[@jonasannon]

I've heard of Celebrities passing away over the years. but hearing about Grant is the only one that really shocked me. RIP brother you'll be missed

[@McPooPoo]

Dude, thanks for the re-uploads. I know this is piracy and stuff (somewhat ironic with a context of Pirates special episode), but boy, do I love to see Mythbusters on KZbin.

[@DotArve]

Banijay is a french multinational company that acquired Beyond International who owned Mythbusters last year, so this isn't actually piracy

[@LOL-gn5oh]

This is not piracy LOL They own Mythbusters.

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

And so, matey, this piracy myth is busted, cause as commenters stated earlier - Banijay OWN Mythbusters.

[@piezku]

why they still upload only 480p :D these episodes are for a fact in 1080p@@DotArve

[@Boycott_Wendys]

Pirate thieves stealing America's television show, 😡

[@ising4uifyousing4me]

Many people think a Pirates favourite letter be R, but actually their one true love be the C

[@robbierootbeer8056]

aye

[@jubuttib]

24:35 "Cannoneer Harry Webb..." I guess I now know what Cliff Richard does between records... =)

[@daza3620]

why would you go to the effort of burying someone and not handcuff them?

[@Hooibeest2D]

Dutch tradition says: round cheeses. If your out of canon balls use 7 yr old cheese balls. Their actually the same size.

[@jeremymcadam7400]

That's all I'd use dutch cheese for

[@robertdora7026]

27:40 = THIS is a great example of why this American narrator was a brilliant (and appropriate) element of Mythbusters!

[@beehambonio3378]

I love that Jamie doesn't have to dress up to look like a pirate

[@bijibadness]

funniest thing about all this to me is how Jamie actually seems quite _amused_ by Adam's terrible, terrible insistence on his terrible, terrible pirate voice. he's smiling way more than usual in some of those lead-up bits in the shop.

[@hamishdunbar5836]

They used to have a chain shot that they used to cut the mast down with 😊

[@rdr6269]

How in the hell were you allowed to run equipment on the beach in California?

[@reaganching1967]

adam feels like conan o'brien. can't get out of character. 8D

[@rubinvdkamp8240]

Wet sand you cant escape if you move sand wil compact

[@simulacrae]

The rowboat submarine was first show in the crimson pirate from the mid 60s, not in potc.

[@Floki255]

I really would love the Flying Guillotine myth from season 9. Thanks for the uploads, mate.

[@whocares69420]

Oi mate innit

[@Goulash-Soup]

I only like the original mythbusters

[@timostedehouder3213]

1000% the best

[@tuculanu12]

Aren't these the original mythbusters?

[@uriituw]

What’s this?

[@therealoptimist453]

Thought the eyepatch would be related due to repeatedly staring into the bare sun while navigating with a sextant, which uses a magnifier and so would burn your receptors in the eye. Perhaps this could be seen mosty at better educated staff (captain, mate, etc) was they were able to use a sextant and afterwards calculate the position.

[@wolf310ii]

They would be blind still being midshipman. Sextants in the age of pirates didnt had "magnifier", but they already had coloured glass and mirrors that let only half the light through, so they could get the sun down to the horizon without burning their retina away.

[@tenkloosterherman]

Bring back the Mythbusters!

[@test-rj2vl]

The boat myth could have done with steel boat.

[@tayred81]

Nice, really like bring old stuff to life

[@ukmediawarrior]

Although the pirate submarine is from Pirates of the Caribbean, the Johnny Depp movie stole it from a much earlier pirate film called The Crimson Pirate starring Burt Lancaster :)

[@JumpingTomato]

Technically, you could keep the boat down at the bottom of the ocean. The pressure would be so great that not even would it keep the boat down. It will crush the boat and you with it. Then theres this little thing with oxygen running out quite fast.

[@nicholasmcveigh9879]

Bring on the Dutch, another great nation, Cornelis Drebbel, was ya man, discovered oxygen well before ya other fella found out what it could and could not do to keep you alive, Sorry but is this not dangerous and fun on the same line,,,,,, do it well lads

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

lol yeah I called bs on that one when I seen the movie.. the air in it would make it float..ps it doubles every so many feet... so your probably looking at 2000 pounds pulling up on that boat... this is the reason scuba is compressed.

[@MrMarinus18]

24:55 A 6lbs cannon is about average for field guns though ship cannons were often slightly bigger.

[@dbatti87]

I had to stop the video, but look at what damage the peg leg did! Totally deadly wound on camera left, bottom. See 36:32 before- after, but it is also visible on the ipact video. I think the metal brace did its trick, or a big chunk of wood flying at high speed, whatever. I think it should have been plausible at least, but as Adam mentioned not the smartest, smartest move, to cripple yourself.

[@madzen112]

What does Adam think about CGI in movies?

[@basmus]

He has his own youtube channel with a series named "Ask Adam Savage". Just search for "ask adam savage cgi" and find out yourself. He's also done multiple videos with corridor digital breaking down practical and cgi effects.

[@VineV-Dutch]

Pirate for chained to weight balls in the shoreline before getting buried... So the hens(hands) couldn't move at all

[@Txupport]

12:20 I would absolutely freak out, I can't stand it when my movement is restricted, just watching that made me have to wave my arms about a bit lol.

[@coryross6370]

Use a steel boat

[@longslhonglogan2959]

Bro didn’t have his arms down the side made it easier on him if ya had your arms straight down and the sand pushed down ya wouldn’t get out

[@Sfx654]

guys be like lets drill a hole to sink a boat instead of just leaning it to fill with water 😂

[@robbierootbeer8056]

it was probably just easier considering they had to weight it to counteract the buoyancy of the boat anyways

[@reallife7375]

They'd have tied up their hands aswell so no chance of getting out!!

[@TheKieshaKiesha]

did they let those crabs die? lol i hope they cooked em up after they finished the experiment lol

[@timbert4672]

Is there a high speed of that chain impact? That I got to see!

[@dalehatton6965]

One thing about buried in sand, when it's full wet the person would become somewhat buoyant, they might be able to squirm more, but then it's most likely their hands would be tied.

[@oburi85]

Always heartbreaking to see Grant...

[@franciscofunari2343]

6:50 how to get information from dearth vader

[@RonPiggott]

Jamie's laughter hehehe

[@avirajsinghmehta1857]

29:02 now you know why grapeshot is now considered illegal

[@killerkraut9179]

Is it?

[@卡斯-h2t]

RIP grant 🙏

[@Johny40Se7en]

Bloody love Adam's pirate impersonation XD

[@napsolo3453]

Thanks to Adam's anoying pirate voice I had to skip half the episode.

[@basmus]

To me all those scripted conversations make me cringe. His pirate voice doesn't make it that much worse imo

[@nathanbabiuk6286]

How many people also wish Adam would just stop doing the pirate voice?

[@charleediaven6278]

My grandfather trained drummer and Army Veteran of WWI, played in a concert band, and the American Legion Marching Band Harrisburg PA. On the 4th of July, the concert in park amphitheater featured the 1812 Overture, he played the tympanies, and then fired the old cannonsl ( Civil War Vintage ). When the music stopped, the fireworks over the Susquehanna began. Later back from Vietnam, I was automatically enrolled in that same legion. Long time ago and far far away.

[@rdr6269]

Why'd you use a wooden boat? And you could just add weight to the boat instead of yourselves.

[@_J.F_]

If you look up "world's most annoying and disgusting man" in Guinee's Book of Records I am pretty sure you will find Adam Savage holding that title, and completely unchallenged too.

[@DasFork]

I hate Adam so much in this episodes. But then again I find him insufferable in most episodes...

[@JUnkaZTobby]

mythbuster? more like film makers tricks... Arms aint burried propper so myth not proved (20:10). His arms is burried half raised (elbow to hands horizontal). Propper pirate method was whole arm straight down. Second pointer, was burried in safety of high tide, means water level pressure not counted in except for his lower part of legs. Ad that extra pressure of wet sand to arms and you cant dig out at all. MYTH BUSTED.

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

Imagine if Jamie had a sense of humour, he's such a boring drab

[@bradclooney69]

Cringe fest

[@A1readyDead]

When you grow up you understand why Jamie found Adam so annoying